Recent advances in printable carbon nanotube transistors for large-area active matrices
Active-matrices serve as the backplane circuitry for large-area display technologies and distributed sensors. Recently, there has been significant interest in developing flexible, additively manufactured active matrices for the burgeoning flexible electronics industry. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are pr...
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| author | Kevin Schnittker Muhammadeziz Tursunniyaz Joseph B. Andrews |
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| description | Active-matrices serve as the backplane circuitry for large-area display technologies and distributed sensors. Recently, there has been significant interest in developing flexible, additively manufactured active matrices for the burgeoning flexible electronics industry. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are prime candidate materials for semiconducting elements of transistors due to their solution processability, carrier mobility, and mechanical flexibility. There have been many recent accomplishments in the development of CNT inks and in their deposition via printing that enable their use in thin-film transistors (TFTs), and their appropriate performance make them suitable for use in large-area active matrices. In this review, we provide an overview of the field, with a specific focus on recent advancements in CNT sorting, ink preparation, and printing techniques. We also provide a benchmarking study of printed CNT devices presented in literature after 2017. Next, we discuss printable CNT-TFTs used for active-matrix applications. Finally, we provide a concluding perspective on the outlook and challenges for printed CNT-TFT active matrices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b982433806c4e10a21e54babd3f32382022-12-21T18:02:28ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Information Display1598-03162158-16062021-10-0122419320910.1080/15980316.2021.19570321957032Recent advances in printable carbon nanotube transistors for large-area active matricesKevin Schnittker0Muhammadeziz Tursunniyaz1Joseph B. Andrews2University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonActive-matrices serve as the backplane circuitry for large-area display technologies and distributed sensors. Recently, there has been significant interest in developing flexible, additively manufactured active matrices for the burgeoning flexible electronics industry. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are prime candidate materials for semiconducting elements of transistors due to their solution processability, carrier mobility, and mechanical flexibility. There have been many recent accomplishments in the development of CNT inks and in their deposition via printing that enable their use in thin-film transistors (TFTs), and their appropriate performance make them suitable for use in large-area active matrices. In this review, we provide an overview of the field, with a specific focus on recent advancements in CNT sorting, ink preparation, and printing techniques. We also provide a benchmarking study of printed CNT devices presented in literature after 2017. Next, we discuss printable CNT-TFTs used for active-matrix applications. Finally, we provide a concluding perspective on the outlook and challenges for printed CNT-TFT active matrices.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15980316.2021.1957032active matricescarbon nanotubesthin-film transistorsflexible electronicsprinted electronics |
| spellingShingle | Kevin Schnittker Muhammadeziz Tursunniyaz Joseph B. Andrews Recent advances in printable carbon nanotube transistors for large-area active matrices Journal of Information Display active matrices carbon nanotubes thin-film transistors flexible electronics printed electronics |
| title | Recent advances in printable carbon nanotube transistors for large-area active matrices |
| title_full | Recent advances in printable carbon nanotube transistors for large-area active matrices |
| title_fullStr | Recent advances in printable carbon nanotube transistors for large-area active matrices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent advances in printable carbon nanotube transistors for large-area active matrices |
| title_short | Recent advances in printable carbon nanotube transistors for large-area active matrices |
| title_sort | recent advances in printable carbon nanotube transistors for large area active matrices |
| topic | active matrices carbon nanotubes thin-film transistors flexible electronics printed electronics |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15980316.2021.1957032 |
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